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The fleur-de-lis is the main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness. [1] The crest is white on a purple background. The white represents purity and the purple represents leadership and help given to others. [2]
His gold écu d'or showed a shield strewn with fleur-de-lis, which was the coat of arms of the kings of France at the time. These coins were valued as if gold was worth only 10 times as much as silver, an unrealistic ratio which Edward III of England had unsuccessfully tried to use. It failed again, Louis IX's silver coins were a great success ...
Iris pseudacorus, the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet pseudacorus means "false acorus", referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus (sweet flag), as they have a prominently ...
a Fleur-de-lis Or Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) a Falcon Argent, crowned and holding a sceptre Or (for her mother; Anne Boleyn) a Tudor rose, crowned with the motto "Rose sine Spina" a Sieve; a Phoenix; a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned; a Portcullis Or, crowned; a Fleur-de-lis Or House of Stuart (1603–1649) King James I (1603–1625)
The French Crown Jewels ( French: Joyaux de la Couronne de France) and Regalia comprise the crowns, orb, sceptres, diadems and jewels that were symbols of Royal or Imperial power between 752 and 1870. These were worn by many Kings and Queens of France as well as Emperor Napoleon. The set was finally broken up, with most of it sold off in 1885 ...
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys ), [ pron 1] is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until ...
Price: $4.9 million. Five years before the nine-figure yacht changed hands on eBay, another plaything of the ultra-rich set the record for the most expensive item ever sold on the world’s top ...
In 1965, after several years of searching, the gold was found and the mystery of the treasure was solved. The Royal Canadian Mint commemorated this by creating a 1/20th ounce gold coin. The coin was released in October 2006 and was composed of 99.99% pure gold. Its face value was one Canadian dollar and had a limited mintage of 10,000 coins. [15]